bind blade drive calling returner

Great Old One Patron

Classes Player’s Handbook

Unearth Forbidden Lore of Ineffable Beings When you choose this subclass, you might bind yourself to an unspeakable being from the Far Realm or an elder god—a being such as Tharizdun, the

Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the

Mark of Making Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

My house built the modern world. Orien may drive the lightning rail, but it’s Cannith who builds the cars and lays the stones it travels on. Cannith makes the everbright lanterns hold the

enchanted blade. House Cannith Leaders: Cannith East, Zorlan d’Cannith; Cannith West, Jorlanna d’Cannith; Cannith South, Merrix d’Cannith Headquarters: Cannith East, Korth Enclave

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

calling in life. Proud Dragon Kin Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the

to the clan can result in expulsion and exile. Each dragonborn knows his or her station and duties within the clan, and honor demands maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for

Cleric Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

his axe in wide swaths to cut through the ranks of orcs arrayed against him, shouting praise to the gods with every foe’s fall. Calling down a curse upon the forces of undeath, a human lifts

her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions. Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the

Archduke Zariel of Avernus

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire 3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zariel fails a saving

lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. Only by tempting mortals with power on the Material Plane and striking bargains with them can she bind them to her in the afterlife

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material

spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0). Call Undead. While you are holding the wand, you can use an action to conjure skeleton;skeletons and zombie;zombies, calling forth as many of them as you

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes

while you were at prayer? Did another paladin sense the potential within you and decide to train you as a squire? Or did some terrible event—the destruction of your home, perhaps—drive you to

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

; activities. Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life

. Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are an embodiment of nature’s resilience, cunning, and fury. They claim no mastery over

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

! 5 I allow nothing to stand in the way of my crusade to eradicate evil from the multiverse. 6 I ignore those who do not support my plans, for my calling is higher than all others

destroyed if it’s used to shatter the Companion (see “Shattering the Companion”), unless the blade is wielded by an angel of challenge rating 15 or higher, or a good-aligned cleric or

The Mark of Making

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

The Mark of Making My house built the modern world. Orien may drive the lightning rail, but it’s Cannith who builds the cars and lays the stones it travels on. Cannith makes the everbright lanterns

mend broken things with a touch, and always has a minor magic item they’ve been working on. An artificer or a wizard will get the most out of the mark, but anyone can find a use for an enchanted blade.

Walking a Different Path

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

the Ancestral Guardian Rather than calling upon the spirits of your ancestors, you are in communion with the franchise executives and corporate raiders who have traveled your path before. These paragons

clerks reminding you of expense accounts and budgets. Other times, they are fellow heavies and knee breakers who died in the line of duty, sarcastically calling out your mistakes in a misguided effort

The Mark of Making

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

The Mark of Making “My house built the modern world. Orien may drive the lightning rail, but it’s Cannith who builds the cars and lays the stones it travels on. Cannith makes the everbright lanterns

with touch. An artificer or a wizard will get the most out of the mark, but anyone can find a use for an enchanted blade.

Cleric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

swings his axe in wide swaths to cut through the ranks of orcs arrayed against him, shouting praise to the gods with every foe’s fall. Calling down a curse upon the forces of undeath, a human lifts

her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions. Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the

Cleric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

swings his axe in wide swaths to cut through the ranks of orcs arrayed against him, shouting praise to the gods with every foe’s fall. Calling down a curse upon the forces of undeath, a human lifts

her holy symbol as light pours from it to drive back the zombies crowding in on her companions. Clerics are intermediaries between the mortal world and the distant planes of the gods. As varied as the

Warlock Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

(necromancy) 1st Level Cause fear (necromancy) 2nd Level Earthbind (transmutation) Mind spike (divination) Shadow blade (illusion) 3rd Level Enemies abound (enchantment) Summon lesser demons

demon (conjuration) 5th Level Danse Macabre (necromancy) Enervation (necromancy) Far step (conjuration) Infernal calling (conjuration) Negative energy flood (necromancy) Synaptic static

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

’ activities. Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life

. Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are an embodiment of nature’s resilience, cunning, and fury. They claim no mastery over nature. Instead, they see themselves as extensions of nature’s indomitable will.

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

’ activities. Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life

. Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are an embodiment of nature’s resilience, cunning, and fury. They claim no mastery over nature. Instead, they see themselves as extensions of nature’s indomitable will.

Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Eight great chains bind the city to jagged posts of infernal iron, which stick up out of the ground like gargantuan spikes. (See “Climbing Down” at the end of this chapter for a full description of the

River Styx, to be met by the ordered forces of Avernus attempting to drive them back. This battle continues for the entirety of the characters’ stay in Elturel.

Going to Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

other subterranean and surface-dwelling races. Gracklstugh’s Blade Bazaar might be the ideal place to find traders or explorers heading to the surface world. If Buppido or Hemeth isn’t with the party

Zuggtmoy’s spores drive him to seek a densely populated area where he can spread his contagion. It’s also possible the party arrives at Gracklstugh involuntarily. Duergar slavers scour the Underdark in search

Wizard Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

) Maximilian’s earthen grasp (transmutation) Mind spike (divination) Pyrotechnics (transmutation) Shadow blade (illusion) Skywrite (transmutation, ritual) Snilloc’s snowball swarm (evocation

) Infernal calling (conjuration) Negative energy flood (necromancy) Skill empowerment (transmutation) Steel wind strike (conjuration) Synaptic static (enchantment) Transmute rock

Divine Ordeals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

ordeal is as simple as calling out one’s intention to the god: “Erebos, I request an ordeal!” The gods grant ordeals only to those they consider worthy. The hero need not be a worshiper of the god

dreamscape constructed by the god. Work to craft an ordeal that provides a significant challenge for the character to overcome. Fundamentally, an ordeal is a test of the character’s heroic drive, as

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

dragonmarked houses drive much of the action in this campaign, it’s important not to let that tension cause too much friction in a party of adventurers. The D&D game relies on cooperation among the players

, so it’s helpful for the player characters to find common ground that unites them despite their differences in house affiliation and agenda. Many house members have friends and acquaintances among other houses. Those positive associations can bind an adventuring party together.

Creating a Paladin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

some terrible event — the destruction of your home, perhaps — drive you to your quests? Perhaps you stumbled into a sacred grove or a hidden elven enclave and found yourself called to protect all such

refuges of goodness and beauty. Or you might have known from your earliest memories that the paladin’s life was your calling, almost as if you had been sent into the world with that purpose stamped on

Green Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

bidding, masking their intentions behind layers of deception. They lure victims to them by mimicking voices calling out for help, or drive unwanted visitors away by imitating the cries of fierce beasts

Black Dragon Treasures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

interloping inferiors were able to so much as see their hoard can drive a black dragon to a state of rage. Black Dragon Art Objects d10 Object 1 An elegant necklace owned by a beloved noble who

embossed silver hilt and a blade of amber 6 A lavishly illustrated genealogy kept in a magically sealed container that disputes a current monarch’s right to the throne 7 Heretical religious

Hosts of the Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end

an offer should put all characters—not just those of good alignment—in a bind. Bargaining with devils is a fool’s game, but if the alternative is the end of the world, it might be the adventurers

Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

few of them even have delusions that they can somehow bind or influence the demon lord’s power, or that the demon lord will lead them in conquering the whole of the Underdark. Meanwhile, rumors mount

responsible for the presence of the demon lords stokes the already blazing embers of animosity against the dark elves, with the more militant factions of Gracklstugh calling for a renewed war of vengeance against Menzoberranzan.

Hosts of the Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end

an offer should put all characters—not just those of good alignment—in a bind. Bargaining with devils is a fool’s game, but if the alternative is the end of the world, it might be the adventurers

Building a Party

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

other ties that form among people in different guilds. Let these tables inspire you as you think about the circumstances that bring your party together. Although conflicts among the guilds drive much

) might talk about exterminating or dominating other guilds, many guild members have family, lovers, friends, and acquaintances among other guilds. Those positive associations can bind an adventuring party

Hosts of the Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end

a bind. Bargaining with devils is a fool’s game, but if the alternative is the end of the world, it might be the adventurers’ only option. Devils in the adventure should always be one step ahead of

Eidolon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

graven vessel, a statue specially prepared to house the souls of these protectors. The eidolon then animates the effigy and uses the borrowed body to drive out the intruders bent on plundering the

site. After doing so, the eidolon controls the construct as if it was its own body and uses its fists to drive back intruders, smashing and crushing anything it can reach. Undead Nature. An eidolon

Creating a Paladin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

some terrible event — the destruction of your home, perhaps — drive you to your quests? Perhaps you stumbled into a sacred grove or a hidden elven enclave and found yourself called to protect all such

refuges of goodness and beauty. Or you might have known from your earliest memories that the paladin’s life was your calling, almost as if you had been sent into the world with that purpose stamped on

The Quest Board

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

.” If the characters undertake this quest, see “Bronze Shrine.” Iniarv’s Tower Quest “A band of brigands calling themselves the Chimera Crew has been attacking merchants on the road, stealing supplies

we need to rebuild Leilon. The merchants claim that the bandits operate out of Iniarv’s Tower in the Mere of Dead Men. Kill the bandits or drive them from the area, then return to the town council to

Travel-Montage Approach

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

than describe everything down to the last blade of grass. Call attention to unusual terrain features: a waterfall, a rocky outcropping that offers a breathtaking view over the tops of the surrounding

different random encounter tables. Finally, a wilderness trek can be enhanced by calling attention to the weather. “You spend the next three days crossing the swamp” sounds less harrowing than, “You

Iroas's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

sees preparing for and winning life’s essential battles as being of paramount importance and the highest calling one can experience. The true warrior fights with honor, courage, and dedication, and

values training, discipline, strength, and esprit de corps. In Iroas’s eyes, nothing is more valuable or honorable than a honed blade wielded by a trained warrior loyal to a just cause. This message is

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